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Village Challenge II

Season 2028

For 2027 :
Team Performance : 72/100
Franchise Value : 100/100
Profit Loss : 58/100
Difficulty : 74/100

YEAR END SCORE : 78

Please welcome the following players for induction
into the Hall of Fame this season:
Donny Dayoc
Mercury Oliver
Deron Gunn
Adam Foley
Vincent Winslett

Two players retired : DE Sedrick Copeland and CB Roy Mathews.
Unfortunately Lee clark decided to hang on for a 16th season and I am forced to franchise him...This is a blow to this team, but nothing we can do about it.

I decide to keep our Head coach Courtney Joseph and lead Scout Erik Johann since they've done a remarkable job so far and both still have outstanding skills (especially Courtney).

45 players are already signed for 2028 and only 1 starter is a FA (S Arnold Storey) but QB Clark is a keeper so no need to question any move : he HAS to be franchised.

Financially speaking, we are not that good : our profit last year went down by 85% and our costs jumped 12% (this explains our 58/100 in profit).
Still the attendance is 100% (fan loyalty as well) and we made the playoffs for a 25th time in 29 seasons so I will raise ticket prices a little.

We are currently $48,410,000 under the cap and i'm now going to renegociate a bunch of contracts of high profile players. We need to cut our costs a bit but as I said, the Lee Clark unretired issue is a blow since he will NOT start and will cost us a lot.
Except Clark we only have 5 players FA including 11 year S Arnold Storey which we will try to resign -but we won't be "agressive"- ; we won't keep the other 4 backup FAs.

Our team is so good at every positions that it is kind of scary : we don't have any particular need and i feel like a spoiled child. The thing is, though, we actually have too many "star" players that are -it's obvious- expensive.
I don't want our Browns team to become the FOF version of the 2000 Washington Redskins.
So I may trade some players this year or the next to make room for younger, cheaper players.

Instead of going "strong" in the free agent market (which is an expensive market and -sorry- but we NEED to be more careful financially wise), I will look for trades. I'm most willing to give up a couple 1st round picks for nice cheaper veteran players.

Free-Agency :
Starting Safety Arnold Storey decided to accept our 1 year $5M offer. And we also signed a backup Center Lamont Walz (5 year Vet, former 1st round pick -31st overall in 2024-) who has some good capacities and should be an efficient backup to starter Leo Sheldon.

Trade Offers :
The Detroit Lions have inquired about Kurt Wiese and are willing to give their n°1 pick this year (16th) + FB Hunter Shreiber.
The New York Giants come up with an interesting offer : their n°1 pick (7th) + a Center for RB Casey Beyer.
Both offers are rejected though.

The 2028 NFL Draft :

We own three 1st round picks (10th, 15th, 31st) as well as a 2nd, 3rd and a 4th rounder.

The Quarterback issue :
Now we have to be serious on the QB topic.
No more fooling around from one guy to another we have to settle on a prospect and STICK with him long term.
I said many times I didn't like Lee Clark, and he proved me right since he never really fullfilled the expectations placed in him. Anyways, barring devastating injuries, he won't start this year.
On the roster we currently have two young QBs :
Dwight Benson (6 year vet) who is now pretty advanced in his "developpement" and had has winning experience.
the other QB being Sammy McKnight (3 year vet) who has NEVER started any game and is still a "work in progress" compared to Benson.
Both, though, have great potential (and both were 2nd rounders).
Benson is a 5"11 QB whereas McKnight is 6"4 (this COUNTS for me )
Actually 6"4 is one inch taller than what I look for (6"2 - 6"3) but this McKnight guy seems to have intangibles that I like and he reminds me of a young Blaine Davies or some great QBs that i've had over my careers.
A look at this year's draft QB prospects and no one stands at all except for a certain Leo James (6"2 220 pounds out of Kansas) but i'm not thrilled.
So basically the options are as following : either stich with Benson OR McKnight...or trade for a QB...or wait until next year.
We will adress that AFTER the draft.

With no particular need and no outstanding prospects, this draft is not what I envisionned so it is Trade time ! and will benefit from it greatly
I trade our 1st pick (10th) + our 2nd rounder for Minnesota's top flight TE Marvin Welch !!!
Welch is arguably the best TE in all of the NFLn he was the 7th overall pick in 2023.
He is young (6 year vet) with umbelievable ratings (98/95/97/97/96/92/98) !!!
the scouts rate Marvin Welch currently at 94 with an future estimate of 99 !
This is a huge trade since we couldn't have done a better job in the draft with that 1st pick.

2028 Draft Report:

Rnd 1 (10th) - pick traded to the Vikings for NFL's best TE Marvin Welch

Rnd 1 (15th) - Reuben Hopkins, G, Wesleyan (27/74 32/94 68) scouts say he has a potential of 96 which would make him a star..he's currently at 38 (4th G out of 5 on roster)

Rnd 1 (31st) - Leo James, QB, Kansas (23/68 30/91 25/84 20/74 22/85 90 26/84 17/58 96 84)
Scouts rate his with a future at 86. Hiw weakness is his throwing power (58) but he is a great scrambler (96) and could avoid the pressure by using his legs. Doesn't seem -at 1st glance- as talented as Benson or McKnight but except from the throwing power rating, could be special. Will be tested in Pre-season.

Rnd 3 - Alex Holmes, CB, Texas A&M (5/17 2/10 35 100 97 11) absolutely horrible ratings except for...Kick and Punt returns where he will be a blast to watch. He's already a lock for returning those and I hope for a bunch of TDs this year.

Rnd 4 - Warren Lewis, CB, Boise State (26/65 23/52 44 70 96 65) Nothing too special about him, will be a backup if he makes the team.

Trade Offers
The Jaguars want G Duane Henson,
The Rams want Kurt Wiese and the Colts want...newly acquired TE Marvin Welch
all trades are rejected again.

We sign every players and waive backup CB Lincoln Lindsay.
I will keep all 4 QBs on the roster for the Pre-Season and i'll make some clear cut decisions for our future after it.

We then trade long time Starting TE Bruce Pearson (14 year vet now, replaced by Welch) + a 1st rounder next year + a 4th rounder for Kansas City's Kicker Blaine Chandler (ranked 2nd among NFL Kickers).
K Chandler is just in his 3rd NFL season (2nd in the NFL only to a 15 year vet) and has great ratings of 80/84 98 96.
We release Kicker Moe Riley.

We trade 7th LB Jim Rich (a promising young one but we arlready more than full at the position) for the Eagles n°1 DE D.J Givens.
Then we sign FA DT Darnell Starks (a good player that gives us some much need space at the DT position)

We release 3rd RB Moe Flemming, saving us some cap room, and we sign FA RB Otis Hawkinks to take his job at a lower cost, Hawkinks being also slightly better than Flemming.

We are $30,060,000 under the cap at the start of the pre-season
The Browns sell 99,900 season tickets for the season out of a capacity of 99,900.

After training camp we sign FA T Van Chandler (84 82 63) to a 1 year $2M deal.

The Browns are "worth" $2,532,360,000 (1st NFL)
Stadium (98) 1st
Roster (100) 1st
Support (99) 1st
Economy (54) 13th

Pre-season along with QB analysis :

We finish the preseason 3-1 and the offense looks as good as ever recording 35, 34 and 43 points in 3 of the 4 games we played.
At QB we played McNight, Leo James and Benson and let Lee Clark be inactive all the time.
the result was very very positive for the young QBs and Sammy McNight, though listed at 66 (to 77 for Benson) WILL BE the Browns starting QB.
I believe he has more upside than Benson. As for rookie Leo James, he had a very good pre-season and will develop into a true QB soon.

McNight 15/22 134 3 1 *** 9/15 123 1 0 *** 11/17 132 1 0 *** 7/8 102 3 0
Benson 8/11 120 1 0
James 8/18 105 0 1 *** 7/12 62 0 0 *** 12/15 163 2 0

Pre-Season Totals (for the 2QBs that played in more than 1 game) :
Sammy McNight 42/62 (67,7%) 491yards 8TDs 1INT
Leo James 27/45 (60%) 330yards 2TDs 1INT

Injury Report:

Nate Borders, RB - Torn Thumb Ligament, full strength in 2-3 Months
Brenden Swift, DT - Broken Arm, full strength in 2-3 Months
D.J. Givens, DE - Hyperextended Knee, full strength in 0-2 Weeks
Herb Dill, T - Sprained Ankle, full strength in 0-2 Weeks

The first two are big blows to this football team. Nate "the bookstore" Borders is as talented a RB as we've ever had but i'm starting to question his ability to stay healthy. Hopefully he can rest his wounds quicker than what the docs envision.

I've made the decision to go with McNight and develop him into an All-League QB and a future great. Benson was told of the front office's decision yesterday and didn't say more than this " I expected something like this to happen since i didn't play a lot in pre-season. Browns want to go in another direction than what i expected, too bad...but i'll look for an opportunity to start anyways".

Also good to see that in the 3rd pre-season game (a win over Saint Louis) Casey Beyer had a HUGE game : 21 carries for 193yards 9.1yds/c 3TDs !

Roster Cohesion :

passing (73)
Off Line (92)
Deff front (93)
secondary (87)

Sammy McNight is the Cleveland Browns starting QB and Leo James is the backup. Dwight Benson will be the 3rd stringer and Lee Clark will be inactive.
I take some big risks here letting the top two QBs (according to scouts) at positions #3 and inactive but this will pay in the long run. I have no doubts about it.
Sammy McNight will become a great QB and Leo James will have a fine career either as his backup or better.

McNight, entering his 3rd NFL season, has only thrown 14 passes so far and will make sunday his very first Regular Season start.
He picked jersey #8 because as he said wednesday to the media "Steve Young was my favourite QB, though i wasn't even born when he retired after the '99 season..."

Week 1 Browns @ Lions (Bucs were 9-7 last year) - 5pt fav : L 10-14
The offense didn't not click in Sammy's first start. Casey Beyer left the game early in the 2nd quarter and Borders -though injured- had to step in and play despite being diminuted.
Also, we had a tremendous amount of game injuries as our offensive starters on the line all were injured at some point during the game.
McNight was sharp in the first half before those injuries forced him to throw more downfield and his play deteriorated...
It will probably take some time for him to adjust and be the leader the Browns are expecting since Blaine Davies and let's not forget that Blaine's first few games were terrible.

McNight 20/38 245yards 1TD 2INTs
Borders 15 for 54 yards
Etaton 7 catches for 87 yards 1 TD
Chapman had 1 sack and Storey and Gordon each had 7 tackles.

RB Nate Borders is now out long term with a torn thumb ligament. He is placed on IR.
In the meantime we sign FA RB Karl Andersen to provide some depth at the position.
Casey Beyer will carry the team at RB this year. with the young McNight starting, I hope he'll deliver.

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IMPORTANT

I just took note that Subby made QB Dwight Benson one of his two keepers. Actually it had me change a few things already since I considered trading him even before pre-season. My plan was to keep McNight, James and Clark and make a MEGATRADE with Benson. After Lee Clark not retiring...now i have the one i expected to trade, that i must keep lol.
complicated. So as for now, I'll keep 4 QBs on the roster (a first for me) and i leave myself a few weeks to decide what I do about it.
So Sub, i'm sorry about it, really, but I had made my mind about all this before your post actually so i can't turn back and start Benson now that i made my decision on McNight. The good thing, though, is that Benson is STILL on the team...and who knows what can happen.
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Dwight Benson gets the n°2 job back from rookie 1st rounder Leo James since he's now secured to stay a Brown now that Subby made him his keeper.

Week 2 Browns (0-1) Vs Steelers (0-1) - 9pt fav : W 23-13
The first win of McNight's career and he played a very solid game. The running game wasn't too good with Casey Beyer going from a 15yard run one time to a -10yards the next time. Was tough to "build" any drives. Kicker Chandler (whom we traded for) was 3/3 in FGs and made a 57 yarder

McNight 17/29 211yards 2TDs 0INT
Beyer 23 for 62 yards
Welch 3 catches for 54 yards
Theophilakos had an interception

Week 3 Browns (1-1) @ Bengals (2-0) - 3pt dog : W 27-14
A huge win...going at Cincinnati against an undefeated Bengals team and coming back with such a performance feels good.
McNight had his best game as a pro -first time over 300yards- and was the game MVP.

McNight 27/34 322yards 2TDs 1INT and 1 TD rushing.
Beyer 19 for 76 yards
Jeffries 6 catches for 84 yards 1 TD
Storey and Bell each had an interception
Ogden had 4 sacks in the game !!!
Tubbs had 9 tackles.

Herb Dill, T - Hip Pointer, full strength in 3-5 Weeks
We need to make a decision on our 4 QBs soon. things will be settled for good after this week's game probable. For now, only the Steelers and Raiders badly need a QB, but the Steelers are in our division and I clearly don't want to see one of our guys winning against us. We wait one more week to see if a team's need at QB comes up.

Week 4 Browns (2-1) Vs Ravens (2-1) - 1pt fav : W 48-15 !
with less than 4 minutes to be played in the 1st quarter, RB Casey Beyer ran off right tackle for 96 yards and a touchdown. ESPN called it "the run of the year so far". a great effort !
Beyer was unstopable today having a career day, while McNight was just tremendous as well picking apart their secondary with a mix bullet passes and long gains. The defending AFC Central champions Ravens got a look at how good this Browns team can be.

McNight 22/29 289yards 2TDs 1INT (you got to like that kind of quarterbacking)
Beyer 28 for 213 yards 3TDs (including the 96yard TD run) + 5 catches for 40 yards
Etaton 7 catches for 94 yards 2 TDs (what a game for him also)
Theophilakos had 2 interceptions
Woodson, Tubbs and Sapp each had 1 sack

Beyer was named NFL's Offensive Player of the Week.

After 4 games, QB Sammy McNight has a 92,5 QB rating (2nd in the NFL) with 62,4% (3rd NFL) of passes completed, 1067 yards (4th NFL) 7 TDs (3rd NFL) and 4 INTs.
Thanks to his great performance against the Ravens, RB Casey Beyer is currently ranked 5th in the NFL with 361 yards (4.6yards/c) and 3 TDs.

Checking the teams-need list, i see that there are still the Raiders and Steelers only looking for a QB. No way the Steelers can come to a transaction like that one with us so we'll see with the Raiders what they can offer. If i'm not 100% satisfied with any of their proposition, i'll stick with 4 QBs this year waiting forcing Lee Clark to retire after the season since he's been nothing but inactive so far.

Nothing satisafactory there so i'll keep it this way. very unusual for me and the Browns to carry 4 QBs on the roster but because of the keeper rule we have to right now. Lee Clark should have retired last season, he'll finish his career in casual clothes.

Week 5 Browns (3-1) Vs Jaguars (3-1) - 9pt fav : W 31-13
We dominated that game easily. The Jags were never in position to beat us. This is our 4th straight win and it put us in sole 1st place in the division. We have one last home game before the bye week

McNight 18/33 306 yards 1TD 1INT
Beyer 23 for 79 yards 2 TDs
Jeffries 6 catches for 151 yards 1 TD
Welch 7 catches for 96 yards (this IS a TE !)
Storey had an interception as well as...Holmes !!! (the CB I drafted -to return kicks- with horrible covering skills ! )
Woodson had 2 sacks

Week 6 Browns (4-1) Vs Packers (2-2) - 11pt fav : W 28-25
We avoid a late 4th quarter comeback from the Packers to continue the winning streak going confident into the bye week. Once again QB McNight had a productive game and seems more and more at ease under center. It looks like the players are rallying around him.

McNight 28/41 333 yards 1 TD 1 INT also 1 rushing TD
Beyer 14 for 63 yards
Jeffries 5 catches for 91 yards
Storey had an interception
Odgen had 2 sacks and Sapp and Woodson both had 1.

Bye Week.
Except from Nate "the bookstore" Borders -injured reserve, out long term unfortunately- every other player is in in great condition

Week 8 Browns (5-1) @ Ravens (4-2) - 2pt dog : W 24-10
Despite torching the Ravens 48-15 earlier in the season, and not losing since then, Vegas decides that we're underdog going into Baltimore. This game is lopsided again as we take an early advantage but the hero is Kicker Chandler who nailed in two HUGE FG : 58 and 57 yarders in the same game !!! The team really looks good and i'm very confident in QB Sammy McNight who's more and more looking like a playmaker...

McNight 20/34 218 yards 1 TD 1 INT and another TD rushing
Beyer 24 for 90 yards
Jeffries 7 catches for 79 yards
Storey had an interception
Holmes (yes...still the same guy LOL) had 1 sack !
Tubbs had 11 taclkes

Week 9 Browns (6-1) @ Jaguars (3-5) - 2pt fav : W 44-17
One for the books.
The Browns have now won 7 in a row, are atop the AFC Central with a 1-year-as a starter- QB and their starting RB on IR.
QB Sammy McNight is playing better and better and had a career day !

McNight 25/41 313 yards 4 TDs 0 INT
Beyer 16 for 61 yards
Jeffries 5 catches for 87 yards 1 TD
Welch 3 catches for 23 yards 2 TDs
Woodson had 2 sacks; Tubbs, Givens, Sapp and Chapman each had 1.

Mid-Season Report :

Injuries :
Nate Borders, RB - Torn Thumb Ligament, out. IR
Leo Sheldon, C - Broken Nose, full strength in 0-2 Weeks
Lamar Tubbs, LB - Sprained Ankle, full strength in 0-2 Weeks
O.J. Briggs, LB - Bruised Shoulder, full strength in 0-2 Weeks

McNight : 61.7% comp (1st) 2237 yards (3rd) 14 TDs (3rd) 7 INTs Rating : 92,7 (2nd)
Beyer : 154 attempts for 654 yards (8th) 4.2yards/c 5 TDs
Jeffries : 35 catches for 612 yards 17,4yards/c 3 TDs
Theophilakos : 40 tackles
Odgen : 6.5 sacks
Storey : 4 interceptions

What to say ?
with all those changes i made in the starting lineup (on offense for the most) being 7-1 and riding a 7 game winning streak is great. Hopefully, things will continue to click together.
QB Sammy McNight is doing a heck of a job and -as for now- his learning of being an NFL QB is going on very very well.

McNight 17/30 191yards 1TD 2 INTs (might be his worst game this year)
Beyer 16 for 48 yards 1 TD (still not where he should be)
Jeffries 4 catches for 92 yards
Woodson and Tubbs each had an interception
Storey had 8 tackles.

Week 11 Browns (7-2) Vs Titans (3-6) - 7pt fav : W 31-9
A great effort after last week's disapointing outcome. QB Sammy Knight played superbly and led the team to an all important divisional win that gives us a perfect (for now) 7-0 record in the division. At 8-2 we are tied in 1st place in the division with the Bengals.

McNight 20/32 289 yards 3 TDs 0 INT
Beyer 11 for 73 yards
Jeffries 8 catches for 99 yards 1 TD
Etaton and Welch each had a receiving TD as well.
Storey had an interception
Odgen, Gordon, Wiese and Bell each had a sack. Woodson had 2 sacks.

Week 12 Browns (8-2) @ Bills (7-3) - 8pt dog : W 37-16
We took an early lead and never let go. Despite not throwing for a lot of yards, the McNight-led Browns won. Casey Beyer had a great game (at last !) and it helped.

McNight 16/29 149 yards 2 TDs 1 INT
Beyer 24 for 160 yards 1 TD Offensive Player of the Week (2nd time this year)
Jeffries 5 catches for 49 yards 1 TD
Holmes RETURNED A PUNT 56 yards for a TD and had an interception as well !!! (man o man you'll be scared when you'll see his poor ratings...how can the man be so good for now ? not only is he returning kicks and punts the way I envisioned him to do so when I drafted him...but he also manages to make plays on the secondary where, well, he souldn't even play )
Odgen and Swift each had 1.5 sacks

Week 13 Browns (9-2) Vs Colts (7-4) - E : L 35-45
an awful game, our first home loss of the year. The first half was a true catastrophee and despite a rally in the 3rd quarter, that wasn't enough to fill the gap.

McNight 15/38 250 yards 3 TDs 1 INT
Beyer 14 for 22 yards 1 TD
Henderdon 6 catches for 80 yards and 1 TD (u know things aren't normal when Henderson is the leading receiver of the team...)
Hutchins returned an interception 75 yards for a TD
No sack in the game.

Now the all important game of the year, the two leading teams in the division square off this afternoon :

Week 14 Browns (9-3) Vs Bengals (9-3) - 2pt dog : W 24-17
that was a close a game as there is. Down by 3 with less than 4 minutes to play we manage to tie the game with a 48 yard Chandler FG, than we intercept the QB and Sammy McNight throws a perfect TD pass to Jeffries to seal the win ! GREAT FOOTBALL GAME

McNight 23/39 254 yards 2 TDs 2 INTs
Beyer 20 for 122 yards
Etaton 5 catches for 64 yards 1 TD
Dunkelberger had 1 interception

Arnold Storey, S - Dislocated Elbow, full strength in 2029
this is a big blow since he was our team leader with 6 interceptions and was 3rd with 56 tackles.

Week 15 Browns (10-3) @ Titans (4-9) - 5pt fav : W 37-10
The team is balanced and the big plays on defense help the offense set up a few scores without much work.
Despite losing our best secondary player Arnold Storey last week, the defense stepped up big time and had 2 interceptions that were critical to our winning the game.

McNight 13/22 151 yards 1 TD 2 INTs
Beyer 21 for 84 yards
Henderson 5 catches for 77 yards
Bell returned an interception 28 yards for a score, Hutchins had an INT as well.
Sapp had 1.5 sacks.
Bell, Ogden, Swift and Woodson each had 1 sack (5.5 sacks on the day by our defense !)

Raymond Etaton, WR - Dislocated Knee, full strength in 2029
A starting receiver goes down, he had 52 catches for 728 yards and led the team with 10 TDs.
We place him on IR and sign FA WR Calvin Douglas.

Week 16 Browns (11-3) Vs Vikings (5-9) - 6pt fav : W 10-7
If anyone doubts who the better QB is just watch this, with McNight in the game we had 10-0 early 2nd quarter lead but Sammy sprains his ankle and must leave the game. Backup QB Dwight Benson comes in and FAIL TO LEAD THE TEAM TO SCORE ANY POINT in almost 3 full quarters. Granted our defense was strong enough to prevent a loss...

Benson 11/21 130 yards 0 TD 1 INT (score 0-7 when on the field in 3 quarters) rating : 51,6
McNight 8/13 79 yards 1 TD 0 INT (score 10-0 when on the field for 1 quarter)
Beyer 21 for 91 yards
Porter 4 catches for 55 yards
Woodson had 2 sacks, Wiese and Odgen both had 1

I agree though that Benson's lack of action this year must have gotten him rusty.
this wins gives us the AFC Central title back...and Homefield advantage throughout the playoffs

Week 17 Browns (12-3) @ Steelers (4-11) - 3pt fav : L 7-9
Since we already clinched, we let a handful of veteran starters inactive for this meaningless game, they will be able to heal their various injuries.
A game where just go nowhere, down 0-6 whith 1m20 seconds left QB Sammy McNight finds Henderson for a 42 yard TD that gives us a 7-6 lead but with 9 seconds left to play, the Steelers are able to score a FG.

McNight 15/25 209 yards 1 TD 1 INT
Beyer 14 for 44 yards
Henderson 6 catches for 130 yards 1 TD (steps up BIG since Etaton was lost for the year)

We finish the regular season 12-4 (best record in the AFC, 2nd best NFL) and so we have Homefield advantage during the playoffs.

Gerald Dunkelberger, S - Sprained Ankle, full strength in 2029
Arnold Storey, S - Dislocated Elbow, full strength in 2029
Jumbo Bell, CB - Bruised Ribcage, full strength in 2029
Brenden Swift, DT - Broken Finger, full strength in 2029
Herb Dill, T - Sprained Knee, full strength in 2029
Raymond Etaton, WR - Dislocated Knee, full strength in 2029

Some work to do injury wise.

Regular Season Stats :

QB McNight 16/16 58,7% comp (3rd) 3809 yards (4th) 28 TDs (1st) 16 INTs Rating : 87,2 (3rd)
These stats compares FAVORABLY to those of Blaine Davies and Lee Clark at the same stage of their careers. For his 1st season as a starter McNight led in TDs and was the 3rd ranked QB.
He should be All-League right away.

RB Casey Beyer 16/16 294 attempts (4th) for 1298 yards (3rd) 4.4/c 8 TDs
WR Robbie Jeffries 14/16 62 catches for 992 yards 6 TDs
WR Raymond Etaton 14/14 52 catches for 728 yards 10 TDs
WR Jim Henderson 4/16 46 catches for 688 yards 5 TDs (he IS good...)
TE Marvin Welch 16/16 47 catches for 551 yards 5 TDs (he IS good as well )
DE Reggie Odgen 13 sacks (8th NFL)
DE Gene Woodson 12,5 sacks
S Arnold Storey 12/13 games played, 6 Interceptions
LB Seth Gordon 16/16 76 tackles 16 assists
LB Lamar Tubbs 15/15 76 tackles 22 assists

AFC
Browns (12-4)
spangles (10-6)
Jets (10-6)
Bengals (12-4)
Colts (10-6)
Bills (10-6)

NFC
Falcons (13-3)
Eagles (11-5)
Bears (9-6-1)
Saints (11-5)
Generals (10-6)
Packers (9-6-1)

Wild Card Week-end :
Bills @ Jets : 10-27
Packers @ Bears : 16-28
Colts @ Bengals : 17-19
Generals @ Saints : 17-34

All home teams won.

Divisional Playoffs :
Saints @ Falcons : 38-27 ! The NFL's best team is out !
Bears @ Eagles : 19-20
Jets @ Spangles: 10-14

Cleveland Browns (12-4) Vs Cincinnati Bengals (13-4) -2pt dog :
The games starts very bad for us as the Bengals QB completes all of his first 9 passes and the Bengals take a 7-0 lead after their first drive. They add a FG on their next series and the score is 10-0 for them.
We don't feel too good but then QB McNight shows that he's not scared at all of any post-season jinx (did somebody say Lee Clark here ? lol ) and drives the team back in the race smoothly.
A 7 yard TD pass from McNight to Henderson late in the 3rd quarter gives us the edge than RB Casey Beyer finishes off the work with a 1 yar TD run.
after being down 0-10 we end up winning this one 24-13

McNight 24/30 271 yards 1 TD 0 INT (Offensive Player of the Week)
Beyer 24 for 151 yards 1 TD
Jeffries 7 catches for 102 yards
Briggs had 1.5 sacks and Tubbs had 1 sack.

Conference Championship Games

Saints @ Eagles : 0-10

Cleveland Browns (13-4) Vs Charlottesville spangles (11-6) -3pt fav :
50 seconds played in the game, and McKnight completes to Porter for a 79 yard touchdown! 7-0 Browns.
On the next series, the Spangles QB is intercepted and Beyer runs in for a TD a couple plays later 14-0. It is a total mismatch as we go into halftime leading 24-0 and already thinking about the SuperBowl's flight tickets.
We win the AFC Championship game by a score of 41-9.

The Browns are back in the SUPERBOWL

Still i can't help but this time concentrate IMMIDIATELY on our next game, the last time I was in charge we made it to the SuperBowl only to lose miserably in that game to the Bucaneers and the season was over on a sour note and I still have a bad taste in my mouth about that one. I don't want that to happen again so I talked to the players in the locker room
"We won one game today, there is another one to play next week : this is it. And until next week's game is won and behind us, NOTHING, I repeat : NOTHING HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED."

We need that one badly to make it 5 for us and tie the hated Patriots.

McNight 19/37 281 yards 2 TDs 1 INT
Beyer 20 for 118 yards 2 TDs (Offensive Player of the Week)
Porter 4 catches for 112 yards 2 TDs
Theophilakos had 3 Interceptions !!! (Defensive player of the week), Gordon had 1
Ogden had 2.5 sacks and Tubbs had 2.

SUPERBOWL 2028

Cleveland Browns (14-4) Vs Philadelphia Eagles (13-5) -1pt fav : W 41-3
Weather: 27 degrees, fair.
That game was a close to perfection as you can ask by a Quarterback. Do you remember Steve Young in the SuperBowl ? well, Sammie McNight had the same game in the most important day of his life.
I pasted the scoring drives so that you can see for yourself.
Over the last two games (Championship game + SuperBowl we have scored a combined 82 pts and were outscored only 9 pts !)

1Q: 03:16 CLE - Blaine Chandler 41 field goal.
2Q: 11:32 CLE - Drew Francis 19 pass from Sammie McKnight.
2Q: 11:32 CLE - Blaine Chandler extra point.
2Q: 04:15 CLE - Marvin Welch 7 pass from Sammie McKnight.
2Q: 04:15 CLE - Blaine Chandler extra point.
3Q: 14:24 CLE - Robbie Jeffries 11 pass from Sammie McKnight.
3Q: 14:24 CLE - Blaine Chandler extra point.
3Q: 08:27 CLE - Marvin Welch 10 pass from Sammie McKnight.
3Q: 08:27 CLE - Blaine Chandler extra point.
3Q: 04:37 CLE - Burt Porter 6 pass from Sammie McKnight.
3Q: 04:37 CLE - Blaine Chandler extra point.
4Q: 13:35 PHI - J.T. Hines 48 field goal.
4Q: 10:31 CLE - Blaine Chandler 48 field goal.

QB McNight is SUPERBOWL Most Valuable Player.
his stats : 22/31 245 yards 5 TDs 0 INT !!!!
and he left the game at the end of the 3rd quarter...This is probably the finest performance by a QB in the VCII SuperBowl History.

Benson 1/1 11 yards
James 1/2 16 yards

RB Beyer 20 for 102 yards
Welch 6 71 11.8 17 2
Francis 5 79 15.8 19 1
Porter 3 23 7.6 10 1
Jeffries 3 32 10.6 11 1

Theophilakos had 2 Interceptions
Van Brocklin had 1 interception

WE ARE SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS AGAIN
I'm really proud of that 2028 team...the way they played. incredible.
QB McNight, for a first season as a starter was just umbelivable with a SuperBowl ring and great stats..
look at the honors,

QB Sammy McNight : All-League 1st team QB - SuperBowl MVP
TE Marvin Welch : All-League 2nd team TE
DE Reggie Odgen : All-League 2nd team DE